Chapter 111: Inquiry

It was a stormy night and no one was out and about, making it convenient for Chu Xuan to eavesdrop.

However, the wind and rain were getting stronger and stronger, the mask on his face was soaked, and the rain was pouring down his neck.

Chu Xuan tried hard to hold on.

After waiting for more than two hours, Liu Dafang finally got Chu Dashan drunk and began questioning him.

"Dashan, can you still find your biological son?"

Chu Dashan stared blankly, "My biological son? Xiaozhi?"

"No. It's your eldest son."

"My eldest son? Wuwuwu... I can't find my eldest son."

"Can't you find it? Wasn't it the wrong baby back then?"

"It wasn't a mistake at all. Someone deliberately switched them."

"Who replaced it?"

"Feng Ti! Chunhua said it was Feng Ti, so it must be Feng Ti. But Feng Ti said that my eldest son died that year..."

"How did Feng Chunhua get so much money?"

"She found several kinds of gold jewelry and sold them for the money she got."

"Did you really find it?"

"She said she found it. Anyway, I don't care, as long as I have money to spend. I don't care where she got the money!"

"Why did Feng Chunhua go to Hai City?"

"She's going to Hai City to pan for gold. You have to keep this a secret, or my money won't be safe in the future..."

Having said that, Chu Dashan fell asleep and snored loudly.

No matter how much Liu Dafang asked, there was no response.

Chu Xuan quietly restored the iron protective window to its original state and rushed home in the wind and rain.

It seems that Chu Dashan doesn't know the truth.

The key lies with Feng Chunhua.

The rain was getting heavier, washing away all traces of Chu Xuan's footsteps...

In the next few days, the waves were huge and there were continuous winds and rains. Considering safety concerns, the village office temporarily prohibited people from approaching the shore.

Fortunately, the power supply repairs were effective and every household had electricity again.

It was not until the early morning of August 11 that the sky cleared up.

Fishing boats went out to sea one after another, and Chu Xuan planned to start collecting skinned fish from today.

After all, Boss Yuan still has 2,000 kilograms of grilled fish fillets to supply.

It was just past five in the morning, so it was not convenient to inform Grandma Gao, Aunt Qin and the others to go to work. So I left a note for my younger brother, took the tools for going to the beach, locked the gate, and went to go to the beach.

There were no neighbors here, and her younger brother was still asleep. She didn't have the heart to wake him up. It was safest to lock the yard door. She could rush back to open the door around eight o'clock.

She brought a backpack, a carrying basket, a bucket and a shoulder pole.

Instead of going to the village beach to grab seafood, they took a detour up the mountain to a secret spot to catch seafood.

I haven't been there for more than ten days, so there should be a lot of good stuff there.

Arrived half an hour later.

The tide has receded.

There are all kinds of fish on the beach, as well as many sea ducks, seabirds and the like.

Chu Xuan would never catch seabirds, as they are the barometer of the sea.

But they can catch sea ducks.

A sea duck was happily eating seafood and was easily caught by Chu Xuan who approached quietly.

When other sea ducks and seabirds saw this, they immediately stayed away from Chu Xuan.

Chu Xuan tied up the sea duck and didn't chase after it.

Hurry up and pick up good goods.

There are quite a few sea cucumbers and the like in this area.

Some of them had already been eaten by sea ducks and seabirds, so Chu Xuan didn't want them and only picked up the ones that were intact.

Half an hour later, two baskets were full.

Sea cucumbers are not available every day. After today, it will be difficult to get the chance to pick up sea cucumbers for free.

Before he knew it, Chu Xuan had walked to the vicinity of the dozen or so tide pools.

There are a lot of good stuff in there.

Live sea bass, mullet, octopus and the like are all very large.

There were also some small conches and clams, but she didn't want them. She only wanted the big ones.

Just when she was happily picking up the things, a familiar and pleasant male voice came from behind her.

"It's a good harvest."

Chu Xuan turned around and saw Mu Chenze holding a shoulder pole, an empty basket, and a backpack.

"It's great that you can help! Go get the fish."

Mu Chenze nodded and started picking up the goods.

The two of them were very strong, and in less than half an hour, they filled two baskets and a backpack with seafood.

The tide began to rise, and they carried baskets and backpacks on their backs and hurried to the shore.

Although they were very tired, joy was on their faces.

When they reached the shore, they did not leave in a hurry. Instead, they found more than 20 sea duck eggs nearby before walking along the mountain road to the pier.

"Chu Xuan, I'm going to sell these goods in the city today. Tell others that I bought them from somewhere else. My cart is at Li Tong's stall at the dock. We'll put the goods near the dock and I'll use the cart to take them home."

"You're so thoughtful, you even arranged the cart in advance. Did you guess there's a lot of good stuff to be had at the secret beach today?"

Chu Xuan is proud to have such a partner.

Mu Chenze was praised and felt very happy, "That's right."

After that, they didn't speak anymore.

When they arrived at the grove near the pier, Chu Xuan was responsible for looking after the fish, while Mu Chenze pulled the cart.

Everything went very smoothly.

Each person was given about ten sea duck eggs, and the rest would be taken to the city to sell, including the sea duck. Mu Chenze took the catch home, and the backpack and basket would be returned another day.

Chu Xuan picked up the bucket with his right hand, which contained sea-hunting tools and sea duck eggs, and held the shoulder pole in his left hand, and left along the small path.

After more than twenty minutes, I returned home.

I have already prepared breakfast and boiled the Chinese medicine.

Chu Xuan drank the Chinese medicine and told his younger brother to eat first and not to wait.

I went back to the house to change clothes, washed clothes in the yard, hung them up, and then went to the kitchen to eat.

My younger brother had finished eating. He put the sea duck eggs in the cupboard, said hello to her, and went out to inform Grandma Gao and the others to go to work around four o'clock in the afternoon.

Chu Xuan ate quickly.

There is still a lot to do today.

When her younger brother returned home, she went out with a clean backpack.

I need to go to town to buy some supplies, and most importantly, meet Uncle Long.

Uncle Qi's carriage was at the entrance of the village. When Chu Xuan arrived, there was no one in the carriage. Since time was tight, they just chartered a car.

About ten minutes later, Chu Xuan arrived in town, paid the fare, and walked towards the market.

I cut two pounds of pork belly and bought two pounds of apples, put them in my backpack, and then walked towards Uncle Long's shop.

When we got there, Uncle Long was the only one in the store, so it was convenient to talk.

"Uncle Long, is there any progress?"

Uncle Long smiled and waved his hand. "Not yet. Who would have thought that Feng Chunhua's train was cancelled, and then there was an accident, so she couldn't leave. She usually keeps her mouth shut and never tells Chu Zhi about those shameful things. My people didn't get any useful information."

Chu Xuan sighed, "I haven't found any useful information. Chu Dashan doesn't know anything either. I guess Feng Chunhua is hiding everything from them."

"Feng Chunhua is no ordinary woman."

"Yes."

They chatted for a while. Before Chu Xuan said goodbye, he took out pork belly and apples from his backpack. This time, Uncle Long did not refuse, but took out about ten pounds of white flour from under the counter and put it into Chu Xuan's backpack.

Chu Xuan couldn't persuade him, so she had to accept it.

After leaving, go to the market.

I happened to meet Chu Zhi.

Chu Zhi took the initiative to greet him, "Chu Xuan is in town? Do you want to go see the yard my family bought in town?"

Deliberately showing off in front of Chu Xuan.

Chu Xuan laughed and said, "Okay, lead the way."

Chu Zhi glanced at Chu Xuan's backpack and said, "Is it white flour? You can't go to my house empty-handed."

"Then I won't go."

Chu Xuan turned and left.

Chu Zhi hurriedly stopped him, "Don't worry, I don't want to ask you for anything."

If Chu Xuan didn't leave, he wouldn't be able to show off.

Chu Xuan then followed him towards his new yard.

Her intuition told her that she should go and take a look.

You never know what you might gain.

(End of this chapter)